Hi Olivia,
Welcome to your personalized Grit Lab Report!
We will go week by week, reviewing everything you have told us through Poll Everywhere.
We hope this will help you reflect on what you have learned and experienced during Grit Lab.
Important note!
Sometimes, you may not have been able to respond to all polls.
If the data for one of the polls is missing, the automatic report will display NA, or ““.
Okay, let’s get started!
The first half of Grit Lab delves deep intp the passion facet of Grit.
We like to call it Choose Easy, because we think gritty people pursue what they enjoy.
Putting it graphically, gritty people tend to pursue the intersection of these four circles.
The first time we met, you told us where you were on the grit rubric.
Regarding passion you picked .
Regarding perseverance you picked .
As you know, grit grows, so don’t worry if you are not yet where you’d like to be in your grit journey.
Hopefully, this class will help you become grittier each day.
In week 2, we looked at your interests.
Interest is an emotion, and it is the opposite of boredom.
Your interests are the activities or subjects that spontaneously grab your attention.
Trying things out and seeing how you feel is the best way to refine your interests.
In week 3, we studied values, your beliefs about what is important.
You said your top three values were benevolence, stimulation, and universalism.
You wrote a “This I Believe” essay, and here’s where you located it on Schwartz’s value taxonomy.
When we talked about strengths in week 4, you said your personality strength was emotional stability.
You said your top three talents were kinesthetic, spiritual, and social.
We then talked about goal hierarchies.
You said you felt totally clear about your top-level goal.
We discussed self-concordance, or how much a goal aligns to your deeply held values and beliefs.
A goal you said you will be pursuing for the next six months is to be an all american .
Here is how self-concordant that goal was:
Don’t worry if your self-concordance for that particular goal is low.
It might mean that you need to reframe that goal in a way that makes it more relevant to your deep self, or change it!
Remember that self-concordance is goal specific, so other goals might be more self-concordant.
We then transitioned to the second part of Grit Lab:
Work Smart
In week 6, we looked at goal setting and planning.
You WOOPed!
For your Wish, what you wanted to accomplish, you said Study for midterm .
For your Outcome, what would happen if your wish came true, you said Doing well in the class .
For you Obstacle, what it is within you that stands in your way, you said Being busy .
For your Plan, you created this when-then plan to achieve your goal: When I have down time then I will study .
Whether you changed your WOOP or stuck to that one, here’s where it landed between being a total fail, and going exactly according to plan.
And here’s how much you learned
These goals are hard, and despite our best efforts, our plans can fail.
The important thing is that you learn something along the way!
In week 7, we talked about deliberate practice.
You shared you’ve done daily practice in Sports .
We learned that deliberate practice requires a challenging, hyperspecific goal, maximum concentration, instant feedback, and is often done alone.
In week 8, we discussed feedback.
Even though feedback can be hard to take, it is often the key to improve. So if you want to improve, seek it actively!
You said you felt Motivated when receiving critical feedback, and Motivated when receiving positive feedback.
We then turned to learning about stress.
In week 9, you reported feeling nearly an extreme amount of stress in your life right now, the primary source of it being a big meet .
We also talked about adversity and failure.
Although related, adversity and failure are different:
Adversity happens to us, whereas failure is something for which we are generally more responsible.
However, how we interpret stress and failure matters…
Interestingly, research has found that people who believe that stress can facilitate learning and growth experience enhanced performance, well-being, and health.
And failure—not achieving a particular goal—can be interpreted as “I’m learning!” and lead you to look for the lesson in that experience.
We closed the Work Smart section of the class by talking about habits.
Throughout the semester, you practice habit building using your Build-A-Habit Guide book.
You describe the habit you chose as Health .
Whether you were successful in habit building or not, this is how much you learned.
Finally, what good is grit if we do not dream for others?
So, we transitioned to Paying it Forward.
In week 10, we looked at mentors: role models that take an active role in your growth.
Hopefully, your mentor was authoritative, being both supportive and demanding.
Here’s how you described them:
You also wrote a gratitude letter to Other .
In one word, you said it made you feel Awesome .
One way of paying it forward is having a prosocial, beyond-the-self purpose. Here’s how you responded to items assessing that.
… and so quickly we arrived at the end of the semester.
Here’s how your mood varied over these weeks.
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Do you notice any patterns? Is there anything that correlates with your mood?
Here you can scroll through all the quotes you wrote to summarize each class.
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| Continued passion |
| Flow state is being completely immersed in what you are doing |
| effort>talent |
| Align your goals |
| Speak your goals outloud |
| Flow is effortless deliberate practice is effortfull |
| Remove ego |
| Let yourself feel bad after failures then learn |
| Night guy will always screw morning guy |
| Relationships are important |
| Helping others helps you |
In the final class, we looked back to everything we’ve learned together and to how our passion and perseverance evolved during this class.
Here are the comments from your Grit Lab Teammates:
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| Carolyn Tsiang |
| Liv's presence in our team has been a grounding force, marked by her kind-heartedness and composed nature. I cherish our walks around campus during group reflections, sharing endearing stories about each others families and friends. These moments, filled with her attentive listening and heartfelt advice, have not only provided warmth and support but have also deepened our understanding and connection. Additionally, her dedication to running, pursued with such passion and discipline, is truly inspiring. Watching Liv commit to her love for running, achieving goals and pushing boundaries, fills me with immense pride and admiration. Her authenticity and strength, both in her sport and in her interactions with us, make her an irreplaceable and loved member of our team.
Liv's discovery project in video editing opened our eyes to the beauty of capturing life's moments through a lens. Her work inspired us to spend more time in nature, appreciating and recording the beauty around us, reminding us of the joys of being young and truly living. It was enlightening to see how Liv embraced video editing as a fun hobby that enriches her life. This approach taught us the valuable lesson that it's perfectly okay to pursue something simply for the joy it brings, rather than as a serious endeavor. |
| Paulina Ruiz |
| What I most admire about Olivia is that she is unapologetically herself. She is very clear on her values and her priorities, and this comes through in everything she shares. It was so interesting to learn from someone whose life experiences are so different from my own and hear about these experiences in such a genuine and authentic way. Olivia is also someone who exudes calmness and inner strength. Perhaps a byproduct of knowing herself so clearly, every conversation with Olivia left me feeling a bit more calm, in control of my thoughts and emotions, and more observant of the bigger picture.
It was so interesting to see Olivia’s discovery project ‘come to life.’ She chose something that was not only unique as an idea, but that was also uniquely hers. She took on a video-taking habit she already had and decided to take it a step up. I thought it was really amazing that she kept the purpose of her project the same as her original purpose of taking the videos, to appreciate the moment. I also loved that at the end of her project she was very honest, admitting that even though she enjoys taking the videos, assembling them together is not something she’s interested in continuing to do.
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| Gabbi Coetzee |
| I am deeply grateful to have had Liv as a teammate. Her inspiring presence, marked by confidence and certainty, was a source of motivation for the team. Liv's unique perspectives and dedication to her passion for running are truly admirable, and the way she approaches life with a clear sense of purpose is both refreshing and inspiring. I appreciate Liv for being a supportive teammate and for sharing her passion and unique perspective with the group.
In Liv's discovery project presentation, I was inspired by the depth of her commitment to video-making and preserving memories. The way Olivia elevated this hobby into a project that reflected her personal journey was truly inspiring. I team resonated deeply with her love of memories and wanting to make memories last forever through content and videos. More importantly, I think her decision not to take the skill to a higher level at the end of the project reflects the wisdom and maturity that I saw in her every time we had a group discussion. It taught me the importance of self-awareness and the courage to acknowledge when a particular path may not align with long-term goals. Liv's project encouraged me to reflect on my own hobbies and personal pursuits and encouraged me to make decisions with a similar level of thoughtfulness. Her wisdom from years of deliberate practice and contribution to the collaborative efforts were genuinely appreciated. |
We hope you have emerged from Grit Lab a little grittier than you started.
Do you want to see how your grit rubric changed?
Drumroll please…
Don’t worry if the rubric doesn’t yet reflect growth. It is only a coarse measure that cannot replace your own self-reflection.
In any case, grit is not built in a day…
…remember that progress is never smooth…
…so stay passionate and persevering in the lifelong quest of choosing easy, working smart, and paying it forward.
With grit and gratitude,
Angela and the Grit Lab team.